Happy Halloween

Tonight is the annual 'Beggars Night' here in Ohio. The tradition of going around and trick or treating has been a little bit altered here. Rather than sending out the children to universally beg for candy door to door on October 31st, this area sets forth a set evening and time for the various suburbs surrounding us. The week before the appointed evening, the dates and times are published in the newspaper. Both in our neighborhood, and the neighborhood of Ammon's sister Angela, tonight is the night. We opted, rather than trick-or-treat in our decidedly down-scale neighborhood, to take the children to Angela's part of town, where we figured the pickings to be slightly more friendly. The kids had a great time going door to door with their Dad, something they've never actually done. In this day and age, the only 'trick-or-treating' our kids have done is at the annual ward trunk-or-treat. Our branch even hosted a trunk-or-treat on Saturday night, so our kids are well versed in the practice. I was pleased that it was warmer than normal this year, so even though I had brought the kids big winter coats to stick over their costumes, they were completely unnecessary. Luckily, an alert mother had purchased warm clothing to integrate with their costumes, so the extra warmth wasn't needed. What were the little urchins this year, you ask? Jeremy opted to be King Arthur from "Quest for Camelot", so in keeping with the theme, Kadon dressed up as Merlin. I am proud to say that I actually sewed their costumes from scratch, and will post pictures as soon as possible. We briefly considered dressing Brooklyn up as a princess to complete the trio, but since she spent the majority of the evening sleeping in my arms at Angela's house, I'm glad we didn't go to the trouble. I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday, and I hope to see pictures of all the cute kids out there soon! Happy Halloween, everyone!